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Originally Posted by korzym12
He only has one move.
Skate hard down the ice, get behind the D, cut off the D, use long arm length to reach to the far post and put it in.
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Ovechkin racked up 50/60 goal seasons largely off of cross ice one timers and lining up the defensemen as a screen before unleashing a wrister. Every defensemen knew what was going to happen when he crossed the blueline and they couldn't stop him, and on the PP the Caps always looked to work the puck around before Backstrom/Green could find Ovechkin cross ice for a one timer. He still put up godly numbers.
Point is, just like an ace in baseball it doesn't matter if the batter knows what's coming, if the pitcher has a dominant pitch in his arsenal they are going to be very effective.